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School News: Spring Hill Elementary

It is hard to believe that we are well into our first nine weeks of school. We have completed the initial round of Discovery and SAT10 testing. Our students all did an awesome job with their first “online” testing, and we feel certain that having our technology specialty class has played a major role in preparing them for computer based assessments.

Kindergarten students are working hard to master the Common Core Standards. A few things we are learning in math include: shapes, numbers, one-to-one correspondence and position words. In literacy, we are working on letter and sound recognition. We continue to introduce new units of study, with our most recent unit being about community helpers. District Chief Ben Johnson and Firefighter Dillion Hudson from the Maury County Fire Department, Spring Hill Police Officer Eric Pinkerton and Spring Hill Elementary School nurse Candace Campbell, visited with our students to share information about their jobs as community helpers.

Kindergarten and first-grades are hosting parent nights from 6-7 p.m. Sept. 24 and 27, respectively. Kindergarten parents will be able to find out more about the topic “Focus on Math and Literacy.” First-grade parents will be introduced to the standards that their students will be learning as outlined in the Math Pacing curriculum for the next grading period.

Our fourth-grade Student Ambassadors have been selected and are ready to begin their service learning assignments. Our ambassadors are role models who demonstrate leadership and service learning at school and in the community. This is a voluntary program for fourth-graders in which the students have an opportunity to develop their leadership qualities. Teachers nominated ambassadors and the selection process was completed based upon a variety of factors, including outstanding citizenship, helpfulness to others, academic effort, interpersonal communication skills and their responses on the student ambassador application.

Our first School Wide Positive Behavior nine-week event will be held Sept. 28. Back by popular demand is the “Blacktop Boogie.” The students are working hard collecting Raider Rewards and are eager to have an afternoon of outside fun.

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